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New Canaan health department reports rise in tick positives, continues COVID-era programs during leadership transition
Summary
Health department staff reported building and food-permit activity, an uptick in ticks testing positive for tick-borne illnesses, ongoing community screenings and programs, and a staffing transition with a new director expected to start in June.
Shannon, a health department staff member, reported the department's April activity and described both environmental health inspections and community health programming.
The health department recorded 31 building permits (with about seven to eight more approved since the report was prepared), 17 restaurant inspections, 24 temporary food-service permits, six septic inspections, eight soil tests, eight septic plan reviews and approvals and four septic permits issued. Staff investigated eight housing and nuisance complaints; some involved rodent activity. The department reviewed and approved two inland wetlands applications and one planning-and-zoning application. Shannon…
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